Book Review - The Perfect Escape by Leah Konen

Title: Perfect Escape
Author: Leah Konen
Genre: Mystery/ Thriller
Published: 2022
 
Description: New friends Sam, Margaret and Diana are thrilled to be getting out og the city for a girls’ weekend – they’ve bonded over their messy divorces, and every mile on the odometer feels like another step towards putting their exes in the past. But when car trouble halfway into their trip strands them in the most unlikely mountain towns, they come face-to-face with the hurts and betrayals they were so desperate to leave behind.
 
When Diana doesn’t return home after a night out, Sam and Margaret’s search for her reveals just how little they know about their friend. As eerie coincidences and secrets begin to pile up, and an ex arrives in the tiny town, the women realize that their detour may not have been a mistake… and that someone wants to guarantee that they never make it out.
 
Review: Sam, Diana and Margaret have become friends, when they bonded over their divorces and break-ups. To get away from all the mess, they decide to go on girls’ trip. When they are halfway, they have car trouble and they are stranded in a small town. One of them goes missing, an ex show up and someone ends up dead. Girls' trip gone bad.
 
First of all, this is more a mystery then a thriller. Only towards the end I felt this was more of a thriller. And although I did have a good time reading this book, the book was overall just okay and in the end pretty forgettable.
 
I liked the pace of the story and it did have some really good twists and turns. I was left in the dark for a long time. The stranded-in-a-small-town trope is one I love. The multiple POV’s I liked as well. And I was very invested in the mystery. But not at all in the characters. And because I have read so many thrillers at this point, the book didn’t give me anything new or ground breaking. I have read this kind of a book many times before.
 
All in all, a solid mystery thriller book, but not one that I will remember for the ages. Just fine.
 
Rating: 3/ 5